Fast-growth logistics firm plans HQ, innovation hub in Cornelius
Registix HQ rendering
Feb. 15. By Dave Yochum. A fast-growing Huntersville company has plans for a 70,000 square foot headquarters, innovation hub and warehouse complex on Chartown Drive just south of the new Lake Norman Chrysler Dodge Jeep dealership and Life Fellowship Church.
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Registix, according to its website, specializes in reverse logistics, the process that manages the return of products from consumers or retailers to the manufacturer.
The company has between 45 and 60 employees.
Founder and CEO Filip Maciolowski could not be reached for comment, but from an economic development perspective, Registix is a big win for Cornelius. The plan also underlines the transformation of Chartown from a road to nowhere to a center of local commerce and community.
Photo: Registix website
A Westmoreland connection?
The Registix project comes before the Cornelius Pre-Development Review Committee on Friday. Plans for extension of nearby Lake Pines Drive will also be discussed.
According to its website, the company, currently headquartered at 11845 Vanstory Drive in Huntersville, has “cultivated enduring partnerships that transform the way Fortune 500 companies manage their surplus and returns assets.”
+An earlier version of this story included a warehouse component in addition to offices and innovations space, based on what was reported in the PDRC agenda. Registix officials state there is no warehouse component. See letter below.
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Registix CEO Filip Maciolowski responds:
As the CEO and owner of Registix I would love to clarify some concerns in regard to our planned headquarters on Chartown Rd.
Though Registix operates in the logistics industry our planned headquarters is not designed or intended to be used in a trucking or warehousing capacity. Our primary business model involves a transportation system that moves direct from the vendor to our buyers without the need for storage; thus removing any concerns surrounding warehousing and / or trucking from this location. The business development center that is in the rear of the development will be ancillary to our corporate office building. This space behind the main corporate office will be used for strategic planning, employee training and business development.
The overall plan is to create an office campus with beautiful indoor and outdoor spaces, lots of natural light and an inviting work environment that makes folks feel excited to work. I’ve always envisioned creating office space that makes employees want to come to work rather than feel as if they have to. I believe our renderings and architectural team have done an amazing job to showcase this.
We’re not just building a headquarters; we’re laying the foundation for future talent, opportunities, and community development. We hope to employ 45 to 60 people in this office and plan to invest $23 million into developing this corporate office & campus.
As an additional note for this development. Our plan for this build does not extend Lake Pines Drive through. We allocated a large tree save area and buffer on our property adjacent to the where Lake Pines now ends. My leadership team is comprised of native North Carolinians. Our goal is to bring value to Cornelius and North Carolina as a whole, a place we all call home
This is really the best case scenario for neighborhoods in this area and is head and shoulders above any other proposed development we have seen for that area. I can appreciate the thoughtfulness that was put into this design and the low impact on traffic for this project. I would encourage anyone with reservations to look a little deeper into it, I think that they would be surprised and relieved.
This is a terrible project for our small town. A warehouse for returned products? So, a mini Amazon warehouse? Think of how many trucks delivering and picking up goods will be coming in and out of the town. Pollution and traffic is all I see coming out of this project idea. Take this project elsewhere. Traffic will be further congested by all of the trucks. Commissioners – please vote this one out!
I agree. It seems as though the town council does not care about its citizens.
It looks to be warehouse too, from title of article. I’m thinking it would mostly be USPS, fed ex, ups traffic …
I’m all for additional jobs…but I hope they will leave as many trees as possible.
Officials said traffic is so low on this project that it doesn’t meet the parameters of a Traffic Impact Assessment.
It’s seems to be a corporate headquarters. Not a fulfillment center.
It looks to be warehouse too, from title of article. I’m thinking it would mostly be USPS, fed ex, ups traffic …
I’m all for additional jobs…but I hope they will leave as many trees as possible.
Access to that location from I-77 — especially for big trucks — will be terrible. Wonder how many of the Town Council members have actually driven that route? And extending Lake Pines Drive in the Westmoreland neighborhood to Chartown to allow for more commercial traffic? Bet the voters who live in that neighborhood are going to be thrilled about that. Have to agree with DED’s comments about the Town Council not caring about quality of life for its citizens.
A HQ/Innovation Hub is one thing… any dedicated warehouse space as part of this project seems completely at odds with the area and adjoining neighborhood.
As mentioned already, the last thing the area needs is trucks driving through the Westmoreland neighborhood if they open up Lake Pines… not to mention the potential for any night shift work that would impact quality of life for that neighborhood.
Such a terrible idea!
Oooh…it’s not only a warehouse, but also an “innovation hub!” I bet the people in Magnolia Estates are going to love having that in their backyard.
Is there anything we can do to stop turning our area into a paved-over, crowded, sterile town? Cornelius is quickly becoming undesirable. It’s already lost most of its charm. Obviously, voting in different city council members isn’t doing anything.
Agreed. The commissioners who were in office 2 terms ago ruined this town. They approved anything and everything that came through for approval. None of them listened to the citizens pleas to reject projects that were not a good fit for the town. Now we have dozens of commercial and residential projects completed or pending that have taken the charm away from this town.
This is a terrible idea as a homeowner in Westmoreland. We do not need our neighborhood connected to Chartown Drive. But I also do not understand where this would go south of the Jeep dealership. The one lot net to our neighborhood is owned by Crown Harbor Marina and the only other plot is too small for this large of a HQ. Did the Van Zen Auto Club sell their land?? I would really like to know what piece of property they think this is going on?
Have a look at all of the trees being cleared by Caliber Collision, and I think it gives a good idea of where this would end up.